VanEck’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Goes Live on Australia’s Biggest Stock Exchange The VanEck Bitcoin ETF, the first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), debuted on Thursday.

Monero’s XMR Token Reverses February Slide With Golden Cross XMR briefly topped $180 last week, reversing the Binance-led February slide.

Binance Fined $2.2M by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has been fined approximately $2.2 million (18.82 crore INR) for providing services to Indian clients without adhering to the nation’s anti-money laundering rules, India’s anti-money laundering unit announced Thursday.

The Protocol In this week’s abbreviated issue of The Protocol, we’re chronicling the apparent doxing of ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli as the driver behind the recently-but-no-longer mooning $DJT token, plus the SEC’s apparent retreat on probing the Ethereum developer Consensys.

Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry’s U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M Jump Crypto put another $10 million into the U.S. political action committee (PAC) that’s seeking to rush as many pro-crypto members into Congress as possible to achieve legislation the industry is after, a spokesman for the PAC confirmed.

Crypto’s Long-Tail Disruptive Trends Interoperability between blockchain networks. Restaking. EVMs. Some major trends giving digital assets markets a lift in the new cycle, Santiago Velasco, Senior Trader, Nonco.

Why You Should Diversify Your Digital Asset Portfolio Institutions need to broaden their holdings of crypto holdings in order to capture the full range of innovation in the market, says Felix Stratmann, head of research at Outerlands Capital.

German Government Agency Moves $425M Bitcoin, Some to Crypto Exchanges Arkham has identified the entity as an address belonging to the German Federal Criminal Police Office, which had seized almost 50,000 BTC from a piracy site.

Kraken Says Hackers Turned to ‘Extortion’ After Exploiting Bug for $3M The bug found by a “security researcher” led to $3 million stolen from Kraken’s treasuries.

Marathon’s Layer-2 Chain, Anduro, Plugs In ‘Portal to Bitcoin’ for Atomic Swaps The publicly-traded bitcoin miner Marathon began incubating Anduro in February as a “platform built on the Bitcoin network that allows for the creation of multiple sidechains.”

First Mover Americas: Ether, Meme Coins Lead Recovery While Bitcoin Remains Subdued The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 19, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Elevated Ether Volatility Expectations May Be Unfounded The excitement surrounding the impending debut of spot ether ETFs in the U.S. has investors anticipating higher ether price swings relative to bitcoin.

Bitcoin Whales Sold Over $1B BTC in Past Two Weeks: CryptoQuant The selling coincides with net outflows from U.S.-listed bitcoin ETFs in the same period, data shows.

Bitcoin, Crypto-Related Stocks Are Ripe for Institutional Adoption: Bernstein Spot bitcoin ETFs are expected to be approved by major wirehouses and large private bank platforms in the third and fourth quarters, the report said.

National Australia Bank’s Venture Arm Invests in Crypto-Focused Zodia Custody NAB Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Zodia Custody, which is also backed by Standard Chartered, Northern Trust and SBI Holdings.

SEC Ends Probe Into Consensys, Won’t Sue Over Ethereum The U.S. regulator closed its investigation into “Ethereum 2.0,” Consensys said.

Meme Coins and Macro: U.S. Credit Card Holders Most Stressed Since 2012 The percentage of credit card loans outstanding for over 90 days has increased to the highest since 2012, a signal that speculative activity may ease off.

IMF Says CBDCs Could Boost Middle East’s Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may not be essential to achieving intended policy goals, instead addressing underlying constraints and improving other digital payment systems may be a more practical alternative, a survey of 19 central banks in the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) region by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) has …

Martin Shkreli Says He is Behind Trump-Linked DJT as ZachXBT, GCR Start Poking Around The relatively new token created ripples in the crypto community on X this week over its supposed existence as the “official” Donald Trump token. But it turns out one of its biggest loudmouths was behind its issuance.

Patrick McHenry Explains FIT21’s Passage Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) chairs the powerful House Financial Services Committee, and has been the leading Republican on the panel for years. Last year, he spent a few weeks as the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, after lawmakers voted to oust then-speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). McHenry announced his retirement…